WYA Cadets Pay Tribute to Victims of 9/11
Several weeks after the official dedication of the 9/11 Memorial at Evergreen Park, a group of cadets were afforded the opportunity to...
Jocelyn Cervantes is October Cadet of the Month
The National Guard Youth Foundation (NGYF) congratulates Ms. Jocelyn Cervantes, a graduate of the Sunburst Youth Academy in Los Alamitos, Calif., for...
Mountaineer ChalleNGe Cadets First to Earn Diplomas
The 76 Cadets who graduated from the Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy on June 14, 2013, were the first program completers able to earn...
2nd Annual California ChalleNGe Champions Gala
The National Guard Youth Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3) that supports the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program, will hold the second annual California...
New direction: Youth ChalleNGe offered woman a better future
The Louisiana National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program changed Tandi Bankston's life. Bankston, 26, was expelled from Tioga High School when she was...
Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy Celebrates 20 Years
The smiles were as bright as the sun shining on the morning of Saturday, September 7, 2013, as former cadets and their...
Cadets graduate from Youth ChalleNGe Academy
After dropping out of high school and spending time in a youth detention center, Perry Puig never thought he'd don a cap...
ChalleNGe Academy refuses to give up on young people
The scene this week at the Capital Guardian Youth ChalleNGe Academy must be supported by pictures to avoid accusations of make believe....
Press Release: Dale Earnhardt, Jr. drives in Kentucky’s Quaker State 400 to jumpstart awareness of high school dropout crisis
Dale Earnhardt Jr. has teamed up with the National Guard Youth Foundation (NGYF) to propel attention to the nation's alarming high school...
Press Release: Education and philanthropy leaders call for expanded public-private support to re-engage school dropouts
"The high school drop out problem is, without a doubt, a national crisis that calls for a collaborative effort by public and...
